The F-20, a contemporary of the original F-16, and the ultimate evolution of the F-5 platform. Intended to be a small, lightweight, inexpensive fighter with surprising capability. Despite its humble beginnings, it was more than competitive with the F-16 (of the time) in terms of capabilities, offering things such as…

What an elegant aircraft. Engine maintenance, however, would have been an absolute pain in the ass. Heat and fuel storage issues were potential problem areas as well.

No it doesn’t. It simply demonstrates what an utter, disastrous shitshow the A-12 program would likely have been if it had been allowed to continue unchecked the way the F-35 was, and therefore why it’s a good idea to kill programs like this and the F-35 early on when it becomes apparent that the end operational goals…

Though a bit more pedestrian, the ASF-14 was another example of an interesting proposed aircraft that got slashed. While looking much like a modified F-14, it shared little in common with the original F-14 beyond basic appearance. All systems, including radar, electronics, control, and engines were different; it even…

The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II was another interesting aircraft that died prematurely. Intended to be the replacement for the A-6 Intruder, and the Navy’s equivalent of the F-117 (only far more advanced). Interestingly, aside from politics, it fell victim to may of the same flaws that have somehow made the F-35…

That’s difficult; there have been a lot of great ones.

In what way was the F-15 an engineering disaster? As far as fourth-generation fighters go, it was pretty damn solid. It wasn’t until the early 2000’s that the structural issues came up, and those were to be expected on the early jets that had served so long. If any of the 4th gens were to be called engineering…

There are a great many reasons; to start with, pound for pound, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and their derivatives are the most heavily armed warships ever built. There are ships that carry more weapons per se, but they are much larger ships, like the Kirovs. Secondly, a ship also needs to be able to accommodate…

Well, technically, a jet engine is simply a variation of a turbine. And since this bad girl was powered by turbines, I’m going to go ahead and leave this right here:

People suck. I’m just not sure what else to day, other than the fact that those very people are so-called “car enthusiasts,” and they go a long way to giving the rest of us a very bad name.

Also, sidenote: Any boat that you rent.

Slight bit of pedantic-ness:

Outside of the Spirit of Australia, I believe that the turbine-powered Destriero remains the fastest powered private yacht, clocking in at just shy of 60 knots. Built specifically to beat the Blue Riband transatlantic record (which she technically did, averaging 53.1 knots), she was ultimately disqualified due to the…

Difficult to classify, as it all depends on what you do and don’t consider to be a “boat.”

Right!? I mean, obviously all future warfare will take place in jungles against highly advanced threats, and there will be lots and lots of small, remote, road-side bases which will be perfectly equipped to operate and maintain an advanced, fifth-generation stealth aircraft!

To be fair, that's partially because their variant is the only one worth buying.

I thought that Ewan MacGregor’s Obi-Wan, along with actual attempts at lightsaber fights (the original trilogy lightsaber fights looked like they were just swinging baseball bats around), were the only saving graces of the trilogy. I agree that the character could occasionally be a little cheesy, but that’s what made…

Right? And judging by the scale, those airliners are almost as large as the ocean liners, which is kind of ridiculous. Even the gigantic A380 would be positively dwarfed by an Olympic-class liner.

I realize I’m in the minority, and I realize that it would never work, but I still find something about the idea of that giant airport to be utterly fascinating in much the same way I found the idea that the Empire State Building was originally meant to be able to dock Zeppelins is also fascinating.

Then pitching the idea that we all get to have cheap, deadly weapons with unlimited travel in 2 dimensions (or 3 if you’re motivated)